That's it. I'm fed up with the iPhone already. Sure it provides rich user experience but when the phone hardware leave a lot to be desired, that counts for nothing. My original iPhone got a permanent stuck pixel-like lines on the screen and now my 3GS just wouldn't turn on for some reasons only God knows.

I've always had an eye on the Hero and I guess there's no better time to switch over. Once I get the iPhone fixed/replaced I'll be putting it up on Garage Sales first thing.

I've got several questions I hope you gentlemen here can help to answer:

1. I know the Hero comes with Android 1.5 out of the box and the 2.0 is to be released soon. Will we see Hero comes with 2.0 out of the box soon? If yes, I might wanna hold on to my purchase until then.

2. Is there any official way to flash the firmware ala the iPhone style via the iTunes. UPDATE: Think I just came across LEVIATHAN's tutorial on how to flash the phone, but I'm still interested to know if there is an official channel to do it. Thanks!

3. Where can i get more information about the OS, customization, errrhmmphh *hacking*, etc.

4. How good is the Android market now in terms of number of applications and the quality of the apps. Let me know what you think...

Thank you all in advance.

This post has been edited by zc_squash: Dec 13 2009, 12:32 PM

Thanks MaggieMee. It's embarrassing that I actually didn't notice the sticky thread. Guess I was too excited. Anyway, you did a good write up there. By the way, does the custom ROM improves video recording performance? The reviews I checked basically say that vid-recording on the Hero is hopeless :S